NHS England said major A&E services had the busiest October on record as 2.2 million people attended accident and emergency departments. It said ambulance services also saw the busiest month of the year so far.
The number of people in England waiting to start routine hospital treatment has hit a record high. An estimated 6.5 million people were waiting to start treatment at the end of September, up from 6.47m in August. In terms of actual appointments - which includes individuals who are waiting for more than one treatment - the waiting list has increased to a new high of 7.77 million people at the end of September. This is up from 7.75 million at the end of August, according to NHS England data.
This is up from 8 minutes 31 seconds in September and is above the target standard response time of seven minutes. Further data revealed it took ambulances an average of 41 minutes 40 seconds to respond to Category 2 incidents - such as heart attacks and strokes - in October. This was worse than in September - but better than this time last year .
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